Suspenders.



H. G. SCHNELLE.

SUSPBNDERS.

APPLICATION FILED oo'1.5, 1906.

, 907,896, Patented Deo.29,19o8.

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SUSPE NDE RS Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Application led October 5, 1906. Serial No. 337,634.

To all Uiiom it may concern: g

Be it known that I, HENRY (Jl. SoiiNELLi-i, u, :itizen of the United States, residing in',i iiifineliestor, in the county of Clinton and Stute of Ohio, (whose post-oilice address is lioncliester, Ohio,) have invented certain ne and useful improvements'iii Suspenders, of which the following is a full, clear, and comp relier isi ve specification.

My invention relates to Suspenders espe chilly adopted to he employed 1n Connection with overalls or the like.

The ohier't of my invention, broadly speelring, is to provide suspeiulers which will he strongA and durable in construction, easy ol operation, which will he comfortable to thei' furious I'u'isitiolis of the hody Without incon veilienre or bother to the wearer.

llore purticulely stated my object is to provide overall suspenders having tour elastic portions, the iiirrin poitioii of the suspend.- i ers heiner non-elastic, soeonstructed that the various prirts of the suspenders are connected l together und :ulnpted to drswsiinultzineously f upon hotli o1 the rear buttons.

Other objects and particular rid outages Awill he iiiiide apparent in the followingr speeig iiruiion, und the particular eriiiistruction is shown most clearly in the ueeompzinyingg' drawing, irri-nini;` ri part oi this specilicat-ion, l

tendiingr from drlereiit port-ions 2) beingr sein which Figure i ii perspective view of my invenion in operuti.'e position. Fig. 2 is :i per- 5 sprriire View oi my inventimi, showing one portion iiuereol" out ol' use. And Fig. 3 is :in i

enlarged rioss section view oi niy invention,

:is token on line AMB of Fig. i.

Similar reir-rence eiizirrictci's denote like ports throughout the several .views of the one shew, oi driiwinfrs.

l`he construction oiniy iiiveiitioii muy he hrieily desrrihed :is iollows lr the drawings numeral l indicates thel rear portion of the overalls, haring the usual huttoiis Llfziiid 4, spured spurt. :ind secured thereto.

i\lrii n=ruls 2 :ind 2 (hinotc :i priir of nonel-rstief portions, foi-ming the maior parts of my 'iii-"rulers, their forward ends heine dornrm y connected to the forward port ofthe overills in our well known montrer.. Numerals 3 und Li denote the button-hole tabs, also formed of nonwliistic riioterial, earch having e button-hole therethrough to receive the vbuttons 4-4 'as shown. The rear end of cach. of the portions 2 has secured thereto the upper ends of two elastic strips, 7 and 8, which extend down therefrom divergently, and arranged 4in inverted V-slmpe. The strips 8 are formed longer than are their companion strips 7 :is shown. The lower ends oi each pair of strips7 and 8 extend'L divergently spart, one of each being secured to one of eri-eh Iof the tabs 3, vi-'hereby each of the portions 2 is indirectly connect-ed to erich of the tabs 3.

1n Fig. 1 both of the Suspenders are 'shown in. operetiveposition, while in Fig. 2

one 0i the Suspenders 1s out of commission and showing the rear of the overalls as supported hy one suspender.

'[-laving now fully shown and described my invention and its intended operation, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Potentof the United States, is

l. Suspenders for overalls or the like, coinprising in convihiinitiou, the two longer and non-elastic portions 2,'the two elastic portions 7 und for each portion 2, erich. pair ol the' portions 7 und 8 being rirrzuiffed in inverted V- slnipe with their upper ends overlapping each other and fastened to one of the portions 2, :i pair of button-hole tabs 3, the lower end of :in elastic portion 7 und Stone of each ex- Icured to erich of saiid tzihs 3, whereby each oi the portions 2 is indirectly connected to each ol the tiihsb, :ill sul'istuntirilly :is shown and descril'iod und for the purposes set forth.

2. Suspenders for overalls, eon'ipiisin;r two nonehistic Suspenders proper each havin;r

two tl-shaped elastic rein; portions each one of which is connected to a different button holo tab, the shorter members of theclustic beine,r thedirect supports and the longfermembers ol the clostics heini;r the auxiliary supports, and the two button-hole tabs adapted to be connected to overalls hy buttons, all substantially ris shown rind described and for the purposes set forth.

.l have signed my name l'icre'go iii the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

V HENRY G. SCHNELLE. Witnesses:

M. L. BENEDICT, "s JNO. Q, KA er. 

